The state of aggregation of α-helical poly(L-glutamic acid) in aqueous salt solutions

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 1996, Pages 4220-4221

  Holtzer, Alfred ^a   Hawkins, Roland B ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYGLUTAMIC ACID;

ARTICLE; DRUG STRUCTURE; LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0030002651     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja954008y     Document Type: Article

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